Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera

This exhibit offers a rare opportunityÂ to see firsthandÂ masterpieces by two of the most important and recognizable artists of the 20th century. Bank of America is the Presenting Sponsor for Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, making Phoenix its only North American stop on a world tour.
Thirty-three works by the famed Mexican artists, from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, are to be exhibited in the newly opened Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Grand Gallery through Sept. 4, 2017. The Gelmans were Mexican-based European emigres who were friends of the artists. On view will be Kahloâs Self Portrait with Monkeys and Diego on My Mind, and Riveraâs Calla Lily Vendor and Sunflowers. In addition, the exhibition includes more than 50 photographs taken by Edward Weston, Lola Ălvarez Bravo and Frida Kahloâs father, Guillermo Kahlo, among others. The exhibition also features clothing and jewelry of the style and region that Frida Kahlo chose to wear.

This is a special ticketed exhibition of $7 in addition to general museum admission for non-members. Basic Membership members receive free general admission but not to the exhibition. Admission to the exhibition is free to members at the Experience Frida and Diego level and above. For more information on membership, please visit our membership page.

April 9, 2016 - January 7, 2018

Deepen your knowledge of the Grand Canyon by making this exhibit your first stop on the way! The Santa Fe Railway and its concessionaire, the Fred Harvey Company, were masters at creating a vision of the Southwest. Jointly, their ephemeral publications promoting the merits of the âIndian Southwestâ number in the tens of thousands. Their ...

April 11, 2017 - September 4, 2017

This exhibit offers a rare opportunityÂ to see firsthandÂ masterpieces by two of the most important and recognizable artists of the 20th century. Bank of America is the Presenting Sponsor for Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, making Phoenix its only North American stop on a world tour. Thirty-three works by the famed Mexican artists, from the Jacques ...

April 11, 2017 - August 20, 2017

When Frida Kahlo began teaching art in 1943, she quickly attracted a small group of devoted students who were inspired by her personality and unique teaching style. When her physical condition kept her from traveling to the art school to teach, Frida held her classes at her home, La Casa Azul. She also took her ...

April 22, 2017 - July 9, 2017

Organized by The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon, we are fortunate to offer this retrospective of the work of contemporary Oregon artist Rick Bartow (1946-2016). Featuring 115 drawings, paintings, prints, mixed-media works and, sculpture, Rick Bartow: Things You Know But Cannot Explain will explore the artistâs career, from the 1970s ...

February 10, 2017 - March 31, 2017

The Heard Museum’s new Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Grand Gallery opens to the public on February 10, 2017. The inaugural exhibition,Â Beauty Speaks for Us,Â will be a presentation of more than 200 rarely seen masterworks selected from private Phoenix collections and the Heardâs own collection of more than 40,000 works of art.Â This will be a ...

May 21, 2016 - March 19, 2017

Now that you have explored and learned about the Native people in the Southwest in the HOME exhibit, take some time to expand on your learning with these fun hands-on activities, which will help to deepen your understanding of what you saw. We also invite you to revisit the HOME exhibit after you complete your ...

October 15, 2016 - January 8, 2017

This exhibition is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Smithsonianâs National Museum of the American Indian. Kay WalkingStick: An American Artist surveys the career of one of todayâs most accomplished American Indian artists. Over the course of more than four decades, WalkingStick has avidly explored her own hybrid cultural identity, engaging Native ...

October 2, 2015 - October 31, 2016

This exhibit displays a complete body of work by one of the 20th centuryâs most significant artists. Spirit Lines: Helen Hardin Etchings features all 23 first editions of the Santa Clara Pueblo artistâs collection of copper plate etchings completed by the artist from 1980 to 1984. This is the first time this body of work ...

February 27, 2016 - September 28, 2016

Personal Journeys:American Indian Landscapes will explore the unique relationship American Indians have with land and how that has been expressed in art. Native artists use a variety of media and processes to express their stories, individual creations built on layers of cultural teachings, historical events, personal experiences and spiritual insights. Land as a subject matter ...

Our Mission

The mission of the Heard Museum is to be the worldâs preeminent museum for the presentation, interpretation and advancement of
American Indian art, emphasizing its intersection with broader artistic and cultural themes.